Visual studio 2022 license downgrade to Visual studio 2019

Question

My company are being review of our license record and found some of VS2022 license are setup as downgrade into VS2019. But let see do we allow to install Visual Studio 2019 & 2022 on same pc by one purchased license key? Or only the either one with one license key?

Thankyou!

Answer 1

From looking at VS Pricing , we can see Access to past versions of Visual Studio is checked.

So we can know that if you paid for a subscription to the latest version of Visual Studio and the subscription is still active then you can use the earlier versions of Visual Studio. (Ex. You purchased Visual Studio 2022, your subscription is still active, you are entitled to Visual Studio 2019)

I still recommend you confirm this by calling to license specialists and here are some related docs/links for you to refer to.

I already paid for an older version of Visual Studio Professional. Do I need to pay for VS 2019 and later versions?

If you have purchased a Visual Studio subscription and that subscription is still active, then you are entitled to the latest release of Visual Studio. (Ex. You purchased Visual Studio 2019, your subscription is still active, you are entitled to Visual Studio 2022)

If you have purchased a standalone license to a previous version of Visual Studio Professional, then you are not entitled to the latest release of Visual Studio Professional. (Ex. You purchased a standalone license of Visual Studio Professional 2019, your subscription is still active, you are not entitled to Visual Studio 2022)

Best Regards,

Dou

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